TORONTO – Blue Ant Media’s AUX TV announced Tuesday that Eastlink and Cogeco Cable have signed as the first distribution partners to carry AUX HD.
Eastlink subscribers will automatically receive AUX HD on channel 759 (HD) and can still receive AUX TV on channel 294 in SD. Cogeco subscribers, meanwhile, will automatically receive AUX HD on channel 834 (HD), and will still be able to receive AUX TV in SD on channel 415.
“We’re pleased to have Eastlink and Cogeco Cable as our first distribution partner,” said Andrew Irwin, Blue Ant Media's VP of content distribution and partnerships, in a release. “Canada now has…
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HALIFAX – Eastlink announced today it has added The Movie Network, TMN Encore and HBO Canada to its Eastlink To Go TV-everywhere viewing platform.
Since introducing Eastlink To Go in November Eastlink To Go has grown its lineup to include than 1,200 titles from 18 TV channels including TMN, HBO Canada, TMN Encore, HGTV, Food Network, Treehouse, YTV, Slice, Showcase, History Channel, Hollywood Suite’s movie channels Sony, AXN and MGM, as well as local programming from Eastlink TV.
Eastlink customers subscribing to…
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TORONTO – The realities of the wireless market in Canada and globally continue to tell most people that no matter what the federal government tries or what anyone says, chances are slim that a fourth viable wireless player in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario will find success.
Add BMO Capital Markets telecom, cable and media analyst Tim Casey to the chorus of those who believe the federal government has muddled and mishandled the wireless file and that there doesn’t seem to be a way forward to its stated political goals. Noting that Industry Minister Christian Paradis has been on record several…
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HALIFAX – Eastlink announced today it is the first telco in Canada to offer Atlantic Canadians Air Miles reward miles to its customers.
The company, which will offer Air Miles across its range of video entertainment and communications services, kicks off its new partnership with the loyalty program with offers that allow current and new customers to earn up to 100 Air Miles reward miles.
“We know that many of our customers collect Air Miles. This…
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HALIFAX – Eastlink debuted its new free Remote DVR service today, which allows customers to schedule and manage DVR recordings from a computer, tablet or smartphone.
The new service also provides access to a web-based TV guide and lets users search for TV programs by type. Users can view a list of scheduled recordings, and cancel and create new recordings up to 14 days in advance.
In a release, Eastlink CEO Lee Bragg said Remote DVR…
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EDMONTON and BEVERLY HILLS – Super Channel announced today it has expanded its exclusive licensing and programming distribution deal with Starz Worldwide Distribution.
The agreement makes Super Channel the exclusive English pay television home in Canada for several Starz original series including David S. Goyer’s Da Vinci’s Demons, and the second season of Magic City, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, and James Caan. Each program will have a Canadian premiere on June 14, 2013 during a special two-hour programming block at 9pm ET.
Other TV series as part of the agreement include the widely…
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GATINEAU – In their final written submissions to the CRTC on the proposed purchase of Astral Media by Bell Canada, various interveners say there are no words, no new rules the Commission can write which will sufficiently protect the Canadian TV system from the market power of a combined Bell/Astral.
That, tied to the fact Bell has told the Commission in no uncertain terms it will not proceed with the merger should it be required to divest any other assets, means the whole deal should be denied, just like the first one was rejected last fall. ( Continue Reading
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MONTREAL – After Telus, Rogers, EastLink, Cogeco and Quebecor, the last word on Bell’s failed relationship with competing BDUs went to the little guys. And they had some eye-opening facts and figures to back up their claims that Bell isn’t playing fair.
“We are not here to engage in regulatory arbitrage,” said Jim Deane, chair of the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, which represents about 115 small cable companies across Canada. “CCSA members are fighting for their lives.”
Speaking as one of the final interveners in the hearing over Bell Canada?s proposed purchase of Astral Media, the…
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OTTAWA – Businesses in rural Canada will not be able to benefit from next-generation wireless services because the smaller wireless operators will be unable to purchase 700 MHz spectrum in the auction scheduled for later this year, argued provincial Crown Corp. SaskTel in an appearance before a Parliamentary committee this week.
Speaking at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, Bob Hersche, senior director, corporate counsel and regulatory affairs at SaskTel, explained that despite having a massive fibre network that reaches every town with more than 100 people, the company still needs 700 MHz spectrum to…
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MONTREAL – In a lengthy appearance before the CRTC commissioners on Wednesday (more than twice as long as either Rogers or Telus the day prior) Cogeco Cable left no doubt where it stood on the question of Bell Canada buying Astral Media: There can be no compromises, no new regulatory caveats that make this deal palatable, and so the merger must be denied. Again.
Cogeco’s argument was similar to the one EastLink made earlier on Wednesday, but the Montreal-based cable and radio firm offered up more detail. CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais has asked the opposing interveners Tuesday and Wednesday for…
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